Under the Quiet Sky

As night falls, immerse yourself in an intimate programme of songs and instrumental gems inspired by nature, nighttime and solitude. Helen Charlston and Consone Quartet bring together Purcell, Britten, Vaughan Williams and Oliver Leith in a concert of haunting beauty.

Programme:
Vaughan Williams 'Along the field'
Purcell 'If love's a sweet passion'
Purcell 'Come all ye songsters of the sky'
Purcell Fantasia No. 12 in Four Parts
Purcell 'By beauteous softness'
Britten 'I wonder as I wander'
Oliver Leith A different 'Fantasie from Suite No. 5 in G minor' after Matthew Locke
Britten 'O waly, waly'
Purcell 'O solitude, my sweetest choice'
Purcell 'See, even Night herself'
Vaughan Williams 'We'll to the woods no more'

Performers:
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Consone Quartet